A Gardener's work never stops

Its 11 AM and already it is hot - 85 degrees, though it doesn't appear to be too humid yet...that will come later. I just came in from working in the garden...weeded the beans and built a trellis for the pole beans - tall branches I'd saved when they took the trees down and string, it should last this season. Next I think no more peas, they just don't seem to produce, so instead along the back trellis which is about 15 feet high and sturdy - chicken wire and 2x4's - I'll plant pole beans next year...maybe even this year if I get some enthusiasm.

The beans - yellow, green and italian are strange this year, at least I don't remember them growing like this...they are tall, leggy and leafy...still waiting for the blossums and the beans, maybe it is too early. Tomatoes are in bloom and some have little tiny tomatoes starting and the zucchini is just beginning to bloom, so things are looking more and more like an actual garden.

Woodrow the Woodchuck - I haven't seen him lately. Than again that doesn't mean he's gone, I had begun to think that before and then there he was muching on the grass (not the garden). Since then I discovered his burrow in the back shed and I have flooded it out once and blocked off all entrances to the shed - where he'd dug etc. and no new ones have appearred as of yet. So if I am lucky perhaps he has moved on to more hospitalble climes.

I've yet to cool down from my time outside...I've even had a cool shower yet still I'm hot, sticky and sweaty...yuck. Will have to get a fan to create a cool breeze...at least it is only 74 inside...that is what I keep the central air set at and it seems to maintain a good comfort level.

Later...